Originally Posted by
MidnightHauler
My dad was a SWA captain for 10 years. Retired years ago because of the age limit. He doesn't have a degree, but military background instead. I also know several other pilots there with no degree and a few who got hired with no TPIC time. Stop discouraging others with the degree BS. This isn't Delta.
A few months ago I got an email with YTD 2018 hiring statistics. Out of the roughly 290 guys we'd hired to date, 11 were hired without degrees. that's less than 4%. So yes, it can happen. But do you want to sit around hoping to be in that extreme minority, while watching class after class get hired ahead of you? You don't want to be hired on the backside of a hiring wave...
This isn't Delta, you're right. A Master's degree is overkill...